Chris Li is a Technology and Geopolitics Fellow at Harvard University’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, where his research and teaching cover U.S.-China relations, the geopolitics of Asia, and technology competition, particularly in emerging biotech. Previously, Li served as Director of Research for the Asia-Pacific Initiative at the Belfer Center, where he led projects examining Chinese politics and foreign policy, Taiwan and cross-strait relations, and U.S. strategy in the Indo-Pacific.
A proud native of New Jersey, Li received his B.A. in Biology from Harvard University, an M.A. in Global Affairs from Tsinghua University as a Schwarzman Scholar, and his Ph.D. in Biological and Biomedical Sciences from Harvard University. Li is also an Honorary Fellow on Public and Technology at the Asia Society Policy Institute’s Center for China Analysis and Jeane Kirkpatrick Fellow in Foreign and Defense Policy at the American Enterprise Institute.
